1. Patrick Rondat plays instrumental heavy metal associated with diverse influences such as new-age music, progressive metal, classical music and jazz.
12 Facts About Patrick Rondat
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Patrick Rondat has collaborated on various projects with Jean Michel Jarre and has taken part in some of his shows.
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Patrick Rondat started playing guitar in 1978, at the age of 17, after being inspired by listening to a recording of Ronnie Montrose in a record shop.
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Patrick Rondat has played with Elegy, Consortium Project, Red Circuit, G3 with Joe Satriani and Steve Vai, and Jean-Michel Jarre.
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Patrick Rondat is featured on the song "Rainmaker" on Vanden Plas' Spirit of Live album.
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Patrick Rondat participated in the compilation Hard-Rock Rendez-Vous, which made him known to a wider audience, and began a French tour with Blue Oyster Cult.
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Alongside his solo career, Patrick Rondat has worked with other artists.
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In 1999, Patrick Rondat released On the Edge, a transition album exploring other musical worlds.
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Patrick Rondat recorded two albums and toured Europe together with Patrice Guers, Dirk Bruinenberg, Stephan Lill, and Gunter Verno.
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Jean-Michel Jarre then planned new gigs in which Patrick Rondat was involved: Athens, Beijing, Monaco and Gdansk.
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For over twenty years, Patrick Rondat has been dedicated to teaching and considers it essential to transmit and share his musical legacy.
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Patrick Rondat has his signature Ibanez guitar signatur the PRM1X model.